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Ecclesial identification beyond late modern individualism? : a case study of life strategies in growing late modern churches / by Karl Inge Tangen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tangen, Karl Inge.
- Series:
- Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies ; v. 10.
- Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies, 1876-2247 ; v. 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church growth--Pentecostal churches--Case studies.
- Church growth.
- Church growth--Europe--Case studies.
- Identification (Religion)--Case studies.
- Identification (Religion).
- Pentecostal churches--Denmark--Copenhagen--Case studies.
- Pentecostal churches.
- Hillsong Church London (London, England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (405 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why do some late modern churches grow, counter to the trend in Western Europe? Why do people identify with such churches – and does identification lead to morally transforming commitments beyond late modern consumerism? This case study investigates these questions based on ‘real life’ or empirical research, which include both the level of individual life strategies and organisational practice in two growing European churches. This innovative and interdisciplinary study draws on recent findings in theology, moral philosophy, sociology and organisational psychology. Its findings may prove useful not only for scholars in these disciplines, it may also enrich the reflection of practitioners who seek to perform the difficult art of transformational leadership in a late modern context.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introducing the Quest: Why and How to Read This Study
- Theory: Consulting the Wise
- Contexts – Churches, Cities and Nations
- Persons – Stories From Copenhagen
- Persons – Stories From London
- Organisational Foci – Why Do People Identify?
- Organisational Foci and Individual Integration
- Are Transformational Commitments Formed?
- Towards a Typology of Ecclesial Life Strategies
- Summary and Conclusions
- Rethinking Transformational Leadership and Participation
- Appendix A: Epistomological Issues: Theology, Critical Realism and the Social Sciences
- Appendix B: Methods and Material
- Bibliography and References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Norwegian School of Theology, 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49599-5
- OCLC:
- 794328562
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004184800 DOI
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